Interlude
In a clinical room somewhere near the city, a man picked up a phone from a black cradle and made a call. There was silence for almost half a minute before he replaced the receiver. He frowned in puzzlement and concern.
"Number unobtainable"
"Shit, we're too late"
"What now?"
"Pinpoint the phone"
A long silence, punctuated by the clack of computer keys.
"No signal."
"What about the tracker?"
"I'll check… that's odd"
"What, man?"
"Up in the mountains. How the hell did she get up there?"
"Not Patel's house?"
"No. I've no idea what's at these co-ordinates"
"So Patel doesn't have her…who the hell does? Let's send someone to pick up the phone…"
"You think she's dead?"
"Maybe. Even if she isn't we've fucked up getting the disc. I knew we should have arranged a drop sooner, damnit"
"It's not Patel though. And Moon's not stupid, she'll have got rid of it…"
"No way of knowing"
"So what do we do?"
Another silence. A deep breath.
"Get the phone first, hopefully Moon's with it. I'll get someone onto Patel, see what he's up to. He might give us a clue"
A chair was pushed back, someone stood.
"Very well. I'll tell the boss. If we've lost that disc, we're in deep shit"
A/N: Thank you to everyone who's reviewed, please keep it up...it keeps me going! I know you were all wondering what had become of Kalina's old employers (Chalice Blackbird...ahem...) so I thought it about time the Interlude got posted!